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TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):
FirstGroup plc
2. Reason for the notification State
Yes/No
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may
result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): Change in the number of shares in issue
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Lloyds Banking Group plc
notification obligation (iii):
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from See Section 9
3.) (iv):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the 3 August 2009
threshold is crossed
or reached if different) (v):
6. Date on which issuer notified: 5 August 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Direct/Indirect decrease to
below 5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation Resulting situation
shares previous to the after the triggering
if possible Triggering transaction (vii)
using the transaction (vi)
ISIN CODE
Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting
of of of rights (ix) rights
Shares Voting shares
Rights
(viii)
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(x) (xi)
Ord 5p 28,478,967 28,478,967 1,086,065 1,086,065 22,378,251 0.225% 4.643%
Shares
GB0003452173
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)
Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of % of voting
financial date (xiii) Conversion voting rights
instrument Period/ Date rights that may
(xiv) be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
23,464,316 4.869%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are
effectively held, if applicable (xv):
19,135,535 Shares (3.970%) are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are
under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds
TSB Banks plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect
Interests).
3,492,657 shares (0.725%) are under the control of Insight Investment
Management (Global) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Insight Investment
Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Insurance & Investment
Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests).
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease N/A
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold N/A
voting rights:
13. Additional information: Notification
using the total
voting rights
figure of
481,945,818
14. Contact name: Kenny Melville
15. Contact telephone number: 0131 243 8671
Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi)
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject
to the
notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for
legal entities)
Contact address (registered office for
legal entities)
Phone number
Other useful information (at least legal
representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)
Full name
Contact address
Phone number
Other useful information (e.g. functional
relationship
with the person or legal entity subject to the
notification
obligation)
C: Additional information
Notes
i. This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed
with the competent authority.
ii. Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying
the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.
iii. This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person
acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for
in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in
DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments
entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached,
as appropriate.
In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be
mentioned:
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires the
voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the
natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for
consideration the voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the
collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and
declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral
under these conditions;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life
interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights
attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights
when the life interest is created;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and,
provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under
DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, the
controlled undertaking;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the
shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited
with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the
deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls the
voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can
exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given
his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights
at his discretion.
iv. Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should
be the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments who is
the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2.
v. The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on
exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the
case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.
The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the
acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect
(see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event
took effect. [DEL::DEL]
These dates will usually be the same unless the transaction is subject to a
condition beyond the control of the parties.
vi. Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In
case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please
state `below 3%'.
vii. If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying
party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that
the new holding is less than 3%.
For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.
viii. Direct and indirect
ix In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached `direct
holding' and voting rights `indirect holdings', please split the voting rights
number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no
combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.
x Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a
direct shareholder (DTR 5.1)
xi. Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR
5.2.1)
xii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is below 3%.
xiii date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date when
the right to acquire shares ends.
xiv If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period-
for example once every three months starting from the [date]
xv. The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 3% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking. xvi. This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority. xvii. Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the shareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and DTR5.3. END
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